INDUSTRIES DEVELOPMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 6 Power to enter on lands.

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INDUSTRIES DEVELOPMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 6

Power to enter on lands.

6.(1) A person authorised in writing (stating the particular purpose or
purposes for which the entry is authorised) by the Government department in
respect of whose responsibilities the entry is required may, at all reasonable
times, on giving

(a)in the case of entry under this section for the sole purpose of
examination, at least twenty-four hours' prior notice of his intention to the
occupier or owner; and

(b)in the case of entry under this section for any other purpose, at least six
days' prior notice in writing of his intention to the occupier and to the
owner, if the owner is known;

(i)any land which the Ministry proposes to acquire compulsorily under powers
conferred upon it by this Act;

(ii)any land, where it appears to the Government department that survey,
valuation or examination is necessary in order to determine whether any powers
under this Act should be exercised in respect of that land;

(2) If any person, other than the owner or occupier of the land, obstructs a
person so authorised in the performance of anything which the second-mentioned
person is so required or authorised to do, he shall be guilty of an offence
and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding #20.

(3) If any person, being the owner or occupier of land, prevents a person
authorised under subsection (1) from duly carrying into effect any survey,
valuation or examination of the land, or from doing thereon anything
authorised by that subsection, a court of summary jurisdiction on proof
thereof may order the first-mentioned person to permit to be done on the land
all things requisite for carrying into effect the survey, valuation or
examination or for doing such other thing as aforesaid; and, if he fails to
comply with the order, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall, for every
day during which the failure continues, be liable on summary conviction to a
fine not exceeding #20.

(4) Where any property is damaged in the exercise of a right of entry
conferred under this section, or in the making of any survey or examination or
the doing of any thing for the purpose of which any such right of entry has
been so conferred, compensation in respect of that damage may be recovered
from the Government department by any person interested in the property.

(5) Any question of disputed compensation under this section shall be referred
to and determined by the Lands Tribunal for Northern Ireland.

(6) Any reference in this section to an occupier or to an owner shall be
construed as including a reference to a person appointed in writing by such
occupier or owner as his representative for purposes which include all or any
of the purposes of this section.

S.7 rep. by 1969 c.16 (NI) s.31(2) sch.3 Pt.I

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INDUSTRIES DEVELOPMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 6